The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
CHAPTER X.

In the meanwhile the new visitor at Bar
ney's was growing daily in favor with all
the frequenters of the tavern.
Barney himself was more than pleased
with this new acquisitiOn--he was delighted.
He had never had one who could dance a
| Jig, sing humorous song, or crack a joke
like Martin, and the bar was nightly filled
with customers who had fiocked hither to
see the fun.
That Dobbs was one of themselves, Bar
| ney had no doubt. The nod of the head and
| the wink of the eve when a covert joke was
cracked over a glass of good gin that could
| not have been sold at the price if it had not
been smuggled, showed that Martin under
stood the way the wind blew.
The intimacy between Dobbs and Dovre-
field grew into a warm friendship, and il
was not long ere Dobbs was invited up to
Dovrefield's room in the tavern, which, not
withstanding his mysterious visits, he al
ways kept.
Had Dovrefeld have seen the sly, covert
glances given to every movement when he
was searching in his chest for missing pa
per; had he have known that every action
was noted by keen eye, Dobbs' days would
have been numbered.
AS it was not a suspicion entered the
Frenchman's mind, willy though he was,
that his companion was merely spying upon
his actions. And although Dovrefield was
too crafty to tell any important secrets,
Martin knew enough from what he had
seen and heard to convince him that Dovre-
field and Duvanee were one and the same
person, and that the metal casket he had
seen him take from his chest more than once
contained secrets that would be of value and
show many hidden crime.
The detective was also convinced that
Dovrefield knew the whereabouts of the
missing girl.
1t was an unusually dark night, and
Dovrefield and Dobbs had been gaming and
drinking in a small room adjoining the bar
room--they played until past midnight,
when Dovrefield, although he had been
drinking heavily and could stand with diff
ficulty, departed for his nightly walk.
Dobbs was lying with his head on the table
in an apparently drunken sleep-but Dovre-
field, had no more than left the room when
the fellow raised his head and looked around
to be sure he was safely alone.
Finding that he was in no danger of be-
ing. discovered, he went cautiously 10 the
window and looking outside gave a nod.
Dobbs then jumped from the window to
the ground, which was only few feet.
Strange as il may appear hardly a second
had elapsed ere another figure, the exact
counterpart of Dobbs, entered the window
and was soon lying in the position at the
table as il nothing had happened.
And none too soon--the crowd in the bar
room was becoming more noisy every min
ute, and cries of ''Dobbs Dobbs!" were heard
above the din.
Barney opened the door and entered the
room where Dobbs lay sleeping.
"Halloo, Dobbs, my mani Wake upl'
cried he, going TO the sleeping man and
shaking him vigorously.
II was sometime before Dobbs could be
awakened, and when be was he raised him
self and staggered 10 his feet looking at
Barney with a maudlin stare
"Ha-oo, did ZEE sayl Say, II Teller, dye
want ter fightF said Dobbs, doubling up bis
fists and putting himself in fighting atti-
tude
"Fightl no mani Come along, they want
you TO sing" answered Barney, laughing at
the queer figure cut by Dobbs.
'Sing, did ZEE sayp replied the detective,
staggering into the barroom, where he kept
the company laughing boisterously until al
most daylight with his drunken songs and
Irish jigs
Dovrefield left Barney's and wended his
way through the forest. When a few yards
away from the tavern he turned aside, and
taking small dark lantern from his pocket,
lit it and plunged into the heart of the
forest.